Rail-support.



B. B. LEUSTIG.

HAIL SUPPORT.

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BENNO B. LEUSTIG, 0F CLEVELANI), OHl'Ov RAIL-SUPPORT.

Application filed April 23, 1918.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BnNNo B. Lnnsriie, a citizen oit the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Rail-Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rail-supports, and pertains `more especially to a rail-support comprising a railway tie having a metal body which is adapted to extend below and transversely of the rails of a railway track and is provided with two insulating blocks seated on said body and adapted to be employed in supporting said rails.

One object of this invention is not only to provide said body with blocks 'for sup porting said rails but to have said blocks adequately secured to said body and readily removable for repairs or renewal.

Another object is to render my improved rail-support simple and durable in construction and to 'facilitate the assemblage ol the component parts thereof.

Vith these objects `in view. and to attain any other object hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in certain features of construction, and combinations and relative arrangement ot the parts, hereinafter described in this specification, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings7 Figure l is a top plan of a-portien of a railway track comprising a rail-support embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ol said rail-support. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken along the line 3,3, Fig. 2, looking downwardly. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken. along the line 4.-1, Fig. 2, looking outwardly. F ig. 5 is a vertical section taken along the line Fig'. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

My improved rail-support is shown as comprising a railway tie having a m'etal body A which is preferably T-shaped in cross-section and adapted to extend below and transversely ot' the rails ot' a railway track, and said body (see Figs. and ll) has two seats 10 formed by the top and spaced longitudinally ot the body and is provided between said seats with a substantially vertically upwardly Vprojecting flange 1Q arranged centrally between the side edges ot' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1918.

serial No. 230,232.

the top and extending longillulinally oi.' the. body.

Two blocks P. which are circular in plan and adapted to be employed in supporting the rails of a railway track, are seated the one on one ol? the seats 10 and the other on the other of said seats, and (l, Fig. 1, indicates rails seated on said blocks and secured to the blocks in any approved manner, as, for instance. by suitably applied spikes S. Each block B is preferably composed of 1na teriaL-sueh, for instance, as womb-which is a non-coi'iductor of electricity, so as to render the block suitable for insulating the rail which may be seated thereon from the body A. Each block B is attached to the adjacent portion of the 'flange 12, and preierably a metal strap D, having one end portion thereof extending opposite one side of and secured to said portion ol said flange, extends from said side of said flange eircum'ferentially ot and embraces and frietionally engages said block and has its other end portion exteinling opposite the other side of and removably secured to said portion of said Hange. Preferably one end portion o'l said strap is secured by rivets 12 to said ilange, and the other end portion of said Strap is secured to said flange by suitably applied bolts 14 and nuts 15 and. as shown more clearly in Fig. 3. is provided with holes (Z to accommodate the location of the rivets 13. The Shanks ot' said bolts extend laterally and loosely through said flange and laterally and 'loosely through said end portions o'l.E said strap and have their heads 16 arranged at the outer side ot one of said end portions oi said strap, and the nuts 15 are threadet'l onto said shanks at the outer vside o'l the other o'lE said end portions ol said strap.` and obviously manipulation o'l said nuts as required to loosen them rela! tive lo said strap results in loosening said strap relative to the block B embraced by the strap and renders said block tree io be removed upwardly as required to replace the block by a new one.

The body A is provided between each seat 10 and the adjacent end of said body with a substantially vertically upwardly projecting Harige 18 which is arranged centrally between the side edges of the top, and extends longitudinally of said body, and said flange and the hereinbefore mentioned flange 12 are arranged in line endwise and at diametrica-lly opposite sides respectively of the adjacent block B which engages the space between adjacent ends of' said' flanges; Preferably each block B projects somewhat above the embracing strap D and above the adjacent flanges 12 and 18, so that a rail seatedY on;` said block will not make Contact 'withsaid strap. By the construction hereinbefore described it will be observed that the body A is provided with two outer upwardly projecting flanges 18 extending along opposite endj portions respectively of said body and a central or intermediate flange 12 arranged between and spaced from said outer flanges,

which registers with: said recess and extends to the bottom edge of said strap, and the adjacent outer flange 18 ofthe body A has its lower portion projecting, as at 22, through said slot and into saidy recess, and obviously the engagement of said portion of saidflangeA with said' slot and with said-recess positively prevents displacement of said block transversely of said body and circumferentially internally of said strap.

By the construction and relative arrangement of the parts hereinbefore described it will be observed that each block B constitutes a readily renewable support for the rail tobe seated on said block and has the recessedportion thereof straddling the portion- 22 ofthe adjacent flange 18 and. is consequently locked Vagainst displacement transversely of the body A from which said block is supported'. l Y

What I claimis# l. The combination, with the body of a railway tie, said body being adapted to extend below and-transversely of the rails of a railway track and having two seatswhich are formed by the top and' spaced longitudinally of' the body and being provided between said seats with an upwardly projecting flange extending longitudinally of the body, and two blocks adaptedV to be employed in. supportingsaid `rails and arranged the oneover oneof said: seats and: the other over the 'othen of,l said. seats,yof a strap foreach block; for attaching said kblock to said flange, saidP strap embracing said block and being securedv to saidV flange; y

2. Inma,rail-support, a body adaptedtoexf. Y tend bel/owl and transverselyof the rails of a railway track and having two seats which are formed by thetop and spaced longitudina'lly'of the body and being provided betweeir sa-id seats with an upwardly projecting flange extending longitudinally of' the bod-y, two blocks adapted to be employed in supporting said rails and arranged the one over one 'off said seats and the other over; the other seat, and a metal strap embracing said block and having one end `portion thereof' extending opposite one side of' and; sea cured to saidv ange and having its other end portion extending opposite the other sideY of and removably secured to saidrflange. a

8. In a rail-support, a *metalV body adapted to-extend below and transversely of the rails of a railway track and having twoseats which are formed bythe top and-spacedlongitudinally oflk the body and. being provided'between said seats with an upwardly projecting flange extending longitudinally of the body, two insulating blocks adapted to beV employed in supporting saidl rails and seated on said seats, and a metal strap for each block for attaching said block to said: flange', said strap embracing said block and having its end portions secured to said flange, and said block projecting above said stra-p.

4l. In a rail-support,-a body adapted to ex-v tend below and transversely of a rail and" having two upwardly projecting, spaced flanges, and a block `occupying the space between said flanges and supported on said body and constituting a support for the aforesaid rail, said blocl'r being attached to one of said flanges, and the other of said' flanges having a portion extending into said block.

5. In a rail-support, al body adapted to extendv below and transversely of a rail and having two upwardly projecting flanges which extend and are spaced longitvudinally` ofthe body, a block occupying the space. between said flanges and Supported on said body and being` circular-kin plan and constitutingl a support for the aforesaid'rail, a metal strap extending circumferentially ofsaid block andy having its' end-portions securedI to one of saidY flanges, and' means at) the adjacent end ofthe `other of said5 flanges'l for preventing displacement of said block transversely of the aforesaid body.r Y,

6. In a rail-support, a body adapted t-o extend below and transversely of' a rail andx having two upwardly projecting spacedy flanges, a block occupying the space between said flanges and supported on saidbody, andi a metal strap embracing said block and attached to one of said flanges, ysaid block straddling a portion of the other ofi said flanges.

7. In a rail-support, a body adapted to extend below and transversely of a rail and having two upwardly projecting spaced flanges, a block seated on said body between said flanges and constituting a support for said rail, and a strap embracing said block and jn'ovided with a slot and attached to one of said flanges, the other of said flanges having a portion thereof extending' through said slot and into said block.

8. In a rail-support, a body adapted 'to extend below and transversely of a rail and having two upwardly projecting spaced flanges, a block occupying the space between said flanges and supported on said body, said block being circular .in plan and constituting a support for the aforesaid rail and being provided, at .its external circumferential surface, with a recess, and a metal strap extending cireuniferentially of the recessed portion of said block and provided with a slot arranged to register with said recess, one of said flanges having a portion thereof extending through said slot and into said recess, and the aforesaid strap being attached to the other of said flanges.

9. In a rail-support, a body adapted to extend below and transversely of a rail and having two upwardly projecting' spaced flanges, a block supported on said body between said flanges and constituting a support for said rail, and a strap embracing said block and attached to one of said flanges, the other of said flanges having the lower portion thereof extending, at the lower end of said block, through the adjacent portion of said strap and into said block.

l0. In a rail-support, a body adapted t0 extend below and transversely of a rail and having two upwardly projecting spaced flanges, a block occupying the space between said flanges and supported on said body, said block being' circular in plan and eonsf itutiug a support for the aforesaid rail and being provided, at the lower end of its external circuniferential surface, with a recess which extends to the lower extremity of the block, and a strap extending circumferentially of the recessed portion of. said block and provided with a slot which registers with said recess, one of the aforesaid flanges having the lower portion thereof extending through said slot and into said recess, and said strap being attached t0 the other of said flanges.

ll. In a rail-support, a body adapted to extend below and transversely of the rails of a railway track and provided with three upwardly projecting flanges extending and spaced longitudinally of the body and arranged the one interuiediafely of the others, and blocks supported on said body and oecupying the spaces between the intermediate flange and the outer flanges said blocks constituting supports for the aforesaid rails, and each block being connected to the intermediate flange and to the adjacent outer flange.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two witnesses.

BENN() B. LEUS'IIG.

Witnesses IV. T. BLACK, (l. J. Denen.

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